When her restaurateur husband, Marco Giannopoulos, is found dead under a side of lamb and dripping in gourmet olive oil, Bedfordview housewife and Mrs South Africa entrant, Despina, vows to keep the family businesses going – but then learns the real family business is crime… Set in the lavish but seedy Johannesburg East suburb, Bedfordview,
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This drama series explores the daily lives of the inhabitants of this particular beach – the virile young black lifeguards, surfers, the waves beach at sunrise, babes, fishermen, holidaymakers, Zionists skateboarders, who hold baptisms rickshaw in men and pensioners. The main protagonists of the series are a group of friends. of sexy Bay and of plenty heroic
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The series is based in Jozi – where people from all over the country (and continent) come. Some succeed and others don’t. This is the story about these people. They often find out the streets aren’t paved with gold and the reality of harsh city life, quickly becomes apparent. However, far from focusing on the
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Dineo Nkgatho is making waves in her new role as Minister of Human Settlement. Not all the staff take kindly to her tough anti-corruption stance. She needs to keep her investigation into tender mismanagement a secret. Jabu, Dineo’s assistant is bowled over by the charms of a mysterious, pistol-packing beauty. This disturbs Dineo, especially when
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7de Laan is the brainchild of Danie Odendaal, who came upon the idea for this popular soapie nearly twenty years ago, when he was living in Melville. Every morning over coffee and breakfast in his favourite coffee shop, he watched people come and go and started creating his own imaginary suburb with a variety of
Continue reading »During the political changes in South Africa in the 1990’s Frik, an ardent Blue Bulls supporter, takes a voluntary “package” and leaves his employment to start a take away in Nigel on the East Rand. He is married to a younger woman “Poppie”. Frik and “Poppie’s” nephew, Worsie, who is mentally challenged due to a
Continue reading »This documentary tells the story of Noyeza Mditshwa, a mother of two in the early 50s, who recently became haunted by dreams that set her on a path to answer the call of her ancestors. The film follows her as she goes through the “Intonjane” rite of passage for women, and explores the role of
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Zero Tolerance is a crime fighting unit directly answerable to the President. It investigates areas of critical concern country wide. It comprises a unique set of characters such as lawyers, police, intelligence operatives and IT people, who have been brought together to deal with high profile crimes ranging from airport heists to farm murders, hi-jackings,
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A local drama series, located in a typical township setting, focusing on the daily lives of two families, the Sibiyas and the Molois. Here soccer bosses, small-time traders, aspiring players, gangsters, and the jobless live side by side. In Zone 14 series 3, appearances contradict reality. It appears that the old enemies, Tiger and Sizwe
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